code

Plural: codes

Noun

a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
A program.
A particular lect or language variety.
An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.

Verb

Verb Forms: coded, coding, codes

To convert information into a set of symbolic rules or language.
attach a code to
- "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
convert ordinary language into code
- "We should encode the message for security reasons"
To write software programs.
To add codes to (a data set).
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
To encode.
To encode a protein.
To call a hospital emergency code.
Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

Examples

coding in the CT scanner
girl code
He tried to code his strategy, but Words With Friends often defies predictable patterns.
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
This HTML code may be placed on your web page.
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex.

Synonyms

cipher, codification, computer code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

Scrabble Score: 7

code: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
code: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
code: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

code: valid Words With Friends Word